Eri Sakai, Saitama JP

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20130243390

CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a content reproduction apparatus including: a reproduction block configured to reproduce video content; a display block configured to display the reproduced video content; a communication block configured to transmit the video content to a portable reproduction apparatus by wireless communication; a speaker block having at least one first speaker located in proximity and at least one second speaker located in the proximity of the portable reproduction apparatus; and an audio output control block configured to control a reproduction state of the speaker block. In a state where the video content is displayed on the display block, each of the first speaker and the second speaker reproduces audio content related with the video content. In a content non-share state, the audio output control block controls audio output such that the second speaker does not reproduce audio content related with the video content.

09-19-2013

20130244637

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a terminal apparatus for offering information in more quantity and in further detail than before by having a plurality of devices linked with one another. The information processing apparatus includes a first device and a second device interconnected with each other. Application information about an application executing on the first device is acquired through a communication block included in the second device. Display on a display block included in the second device is controlled based on the application information.

09-19-2013

20140304431

INFORMATION-SHARING DEVICE, INFORMATION-SHARING METHOD, INFORMATION-SHARING PROGRAM AND TERMINAL DEVICE - There is provided an information-sharing device including, in a second device connected to a first device, an information obtaining unit which obtains, through a communication unit of the second device, first application information indicating an application possessed by the first device, a shared information generating unit which generates shared information shared by the first device and the second device, based on the first application information obtained by the information obtaining unit, and a transmission control unit which transmits the shared information through the communication unit to the first device.

10-09-2014

20150082175

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An apparatus includes a receiver, a shared information unit, a transmitter, a voice recognition unit, and an application execution unit. The receiver is configured to receive a voice signal and information from a second apparatus. The shared information unit is configured to create shared information shared by both the apparatus and the second apparatus based on the information received from the second apparatus. The transmitter is configured to transmit the shared information to the second apparatus. The voice recognition unit is configured to analyze the voice signal. The application execution unit is configured to execute an application based on a result generated by the voice recognition unit.

03-19-2015

Patent applications by Eri Sakai, Saitama JP

Hisao Sakai, Saitama JP

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20090047539

SURFACE-TREATED ELECTRO-DEPOSITED COPPER FOIL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is an object to provide a surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil which has a low profile at a level equal to or excellent than that of low-profile surface-treated electro-deposited copper foils that have conventionally been supplied to the market and in which waviness affecting the straight line performance of wiring is small, and a method for manufacturing the same. In order to achieve this object, in the surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil, the maximum waviness height (Wmax) of the bonding surface to be bonded with an insulation layer-constituting material to be 0.05 μm to 0.7 μm, the maximum peak to valley height (PV) to be 0.05 to 1.5 μm, and the surface roughness (Rzjis) to be 0.1 μm to 1.0 μm. The electro-deposited copper foil used for the manufacturing of this surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil is manufactured by using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine, and using a cathode having small surface roughness, under electrolysis conditions of carrying out continuous first-step electrolysis to n-th-step electrolysis at two or more different levels of electric current density.

METHOD OF PREPARING ELECTROLYTIC COPPER SOLUTION ACIDIFIED WITH SULFURIC ACID, SULFURIC-ACID-ACIDIFIED ELECTROLYTIC COPPER SOLUTION PREPARED BY THE PREPARATION METHOD, AND ELECTRODEPOSITED COPPER FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution used for formation of an electro-deposited copper film comprising a surface excellent in smoothness and gloss when formed by using the solution just after preparation and is prepared by using mono-sulfides. To achieve the object, a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution is made to contain a sulfonated active sulfur compound, the bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide which is recommended for formation of a glossy electro-deposited copper film. And the bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide contained is obtained by converting a 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid into the bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide in an aqueous solution of the 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid by an oxidation reaction. In the oxidation reaction, an air bubbling method is preferably used to prevent oxidative decomposition of the 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid.

Kazuki Sakai, Saitama JP

Kiyokazu Sakai, Saitama JP

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20110181305

POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A position detecting device includes: a transmitting conductor group formed of a plurality of conductors arranged in a first direction; a receiving conductor group formed of a plurality of conductors arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a signal detecting circuit configured to detect a signal occurring in at least one of the transmitting conductor group and the receiving conductor group on a basis of position indication by an indicating object; a transmitting conductor selecting circuit; and a receiving conductor selecting circuit. Each of the transmitting conductor group and the receiving conductor group is sectioned into at least a first conductor group and a second conductor group adjacent to each other. Conductors are selected such that a direction of selecting each of the conductors forming the first conductor group and a direction of selecting each of the conductors forming the second conductor group are different from each other.

07-28-2011

Kiyotaka Sakai, Saitama JP

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20090236168

Final gear transmission mechanism for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same - A motorcycle includes a swing arm, a rear wheel mounted on a leading end of the swing arm, a drive shaft disposed in the swing arm, and a final gear transmission mechanism interposed between the drive shaft and the rear wheel. The final gear transmission mechanism includes a gear case mounted on the leading end of the swing arm for supporting a rear axle; a first end bearing and a second end bearing for supporting a first end and a second end of the rear axle, respectively, a ring gear mounted on the rear axle for transmitting the rotary drive force of an engine to the rear axle; a holding portion for holding the first end of the rear axle in the axial direction of the rear axle; and a fastening member for fastening the second end bearing to the second end of the rear axle.

Kohei Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120209495

VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a control system for a vehicle, wherein the control system controls an electric oil pump of the vehicle to start before an idling stop is brought about, when a condition on a vehicle speed is satisfied which is set in accordance with a variation of a running speed of the vehicle while the vehicle is running based on the driving force generated by a driving force generation unit thereof. Consequently, the electric oil pump can be started at an optimum timing before the idling stop is brought about.

08-16-2012

Mitsuru Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120123726

TEST APPARATUS, TEST METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The time required for timing training is reduced by a test apparatus having an expected value comparing section judging whether a value resulting from sampling input/output data using a strobe signal matches a pre-set expected value a pre-set number of times, and a test section adjusting a phase of a test signal to be supplied to the device under test based on the first relative phase changing from a fail state to a pass state and the second relative phase changing from the pass state to the fail state, and testing the device under test using the test signal whose phase has been adjusted, where the fail state being in which at least one of the pre-set number of judgment results indicates mismatch, and the pass state being in which all the pre-set number of judgment results indicate match.

05-17-2012

Naohiro Sakai, Saitama JP

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20090084214

JOYSTICK TYPE SWITCH DEVICE - A joystick type switch device is provided that includes an operating shaft having an operating knob provided at one end, and a case supporting the operating shaft so that the operating shaft can move between a return position and a pushed-in position and tilt from a neutral position around a tilt center, it being possible to detect pushing of the operating shaft into the pushed-in position and tilting of the operating shaft from the neutral position into eight directions, wherein the operating shaft (

04-02-2009

20090165592

Paddle switch and steering wheel - Paddle levers protrude from lower sides of a center pad of a steering wheel into two lower spaces partitioned using a horizontal spoke and a vertical spoke of the steering wheel. The paddle lever is formed of a transparent photoconductor, and a periphery of the paddle lever is illuminated in a rimmed shape. Hence, the paddle lever can be visually recognized easily, and a finger touching the paddle lever can be visually recognized instantaneously. Therefore, operation almost nearly equivalent to complete blind touch operation can be attained, and the operability is improved.

07-02-2009

20110298741

Touch-Operating Input Device And Electronic Device Equipped With The Same - The touch-operating input device is configured so that when the control circuit turns on the main light source corresponding to each of the translucent operation buttons that can be operated, the control circuit, on condition that the translucent operation button corresponding to the main light source that is turned on is operated, turns off the sub-light source corresponding to the translucent operation button that is turned on simultaneously with the main light source. Ease of operation is increased by enabling the operator to distinguish operated translucent operation buttons from translucent operation buttons that have not been operated according to whether or not the main light sources are lit.

12-08-2011

Patent applications by Naohiro Sakai, Saitama JP

Nobuhiko Sakai, Saitama JP

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20110233048

PHOTOBASE GENERATOR - There is intended to provide the novel compounds which generate a base easily when irradiated with long wavelength light (active energy rays), a photobase generator containing the compounds and a photobase generation method, and the present invention relates to the compounds represented by the general formula [1], a photobase generator containing the compounds and a photobase generation method:

09-29-2011

Ryuji Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120137300

Information Processor and Information Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a plurality of execution units, a storage, a generator, and a controller. The storage stores a plurality of basic modules executable asynchronously with another module and a parallel execution control description that defines an execution rule for the basic modules. The generator generates a task graph in which nodes indicating a plurality of tasks relating to the execution of the basic modules are connected by an edge according to the execution order of the tasks, and the nodes and a node of another module in a data dependency relationship are connected by the edge. The controller controls the assignment of the basic modules to the execution units based on the execution rule. The execution units each function as the generator for a basic module to be processed according to the assignment and executes the basic module according to the task graph.

05-31-2012

20130121605

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing method includes: calculating in a unit of a display area, characteristic information indicating a characteristic included in the display area of first frame image information; searching for motion of a pixel between the first frame image information and second frame image information that is contained in the moving image information and that is posterior to the first frame image information; estimating characteristic information in the unit of the display area of the second frame image information based on the motion of the pixel and the characteristic information in the unit of the display area of the first frame image information; generating high-frequency image information in which a high-frequency component varies depending on the characteristic information in the unit of the display area of the second frame image information; and blending the high-frequency image information on the second frame image information.

05-16-2013

Shinichi Sakai, Saitama JP

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20100232847

RELEASING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A releasing device includes: a releasing unit that is made of a resin and disposed on a downstream side in a conveying direction of a recording medium from a fixing portion of a fixing unit which fixes a toner image on the recording medium, the releasing unit releasing the recording medium from the fixing unit; a supporting unit that supports the releasing unit on a supporting face and maintains the releasing unit and the fixing unit in a non-contact state; a screw that is advanced in a direction along the supporting face to secure the releasing unit; and a protruding portion provided between the releasing unit and the supporting unit and disposed at a position in a range extending from a first region between the screw and the supporting face to a second region shifted from the first region in a tightening direction side of the screw.

09-16-2010

Takafumi Sakai, Saitama JP

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20090233367

Method of Transferring Substance Into Cell - There is provided a method by which multiple types of substances desired to be transferred into cells can be continuously transferred into multiple types of cells by a convenient procedure, a cell in which the substance desired to be transferred into cells has been taken up by this method, and an apparatus for transferring a substance into cells by this method. The foregoing objects can be achieved by electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells while the cells are kept in contact with the substance to be transferred into cells, or first electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells and then bringing the cells into contact with the substance to be transferred into cells.

09-17-2009

20110275982

METHOD FOR INJECTING DRUG INTO LIVING BODY BY ELECTROSPRAYING AND DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method whereby a drug can be conveniently injected into the living body, without sticking a needle, from a device that is not in contact with the living body, and a device therefor. Specifically provided is a method for injecting a peptide drug such as insulin, and a device therefor. No special consumables are needed except the drug solution or suspension. The method and device comprise injecting a drug into the living body by electrospraying a solution or suspension of the drug from a nozzle to which high voltage is applied and which is not in contact with the living body.

11-10-2011

Takahiko Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120162787

FIXED FOCUS LENS - A fixed focus lens comprising, sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes an aperture stop. The second lens group is configured by a single lens element. During focusing, the second lens group moves along an optical axis and the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed with respect to an imaging plane.

06-28-2012

20120194924

INTERNAL FOCUSING LENS - An internal focusing lens includes sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. During focusing, the second lens group is moved along the optical axis and, the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed. The internal focusing lens satisfies a conditional expression (1) 0.31

08-02-2012

20140049845

FIXED FOCUS LENS - A fixed focus lens comprising, sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes an aperture stop. The second lens group is configured by a single lens element. During focusing, the second lens group moves along an optical axis and the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed with respect to an imaging plane.

02-20-2014

Tetsuro Sakai, Saitama JP

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20110026981

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MULTIPLE IMAGE BY ADJUSTING PLURAL IMAGES - An image forming apparatus includes a running member including an image formation area, plural image forming sections to form a density adjustment pattern respectively on a straight line perpendicular to a running direction of the running member at a time of density adjustment, plural density detection sections to simultaneously detect the density adjustment patterns on the straight line respectively and simultaneously, and a density correction section to correct image densities of the plural image forming sections respectively based on detection results of the density adjustment patterns obtained by the plural density detection sections.

02-03-2011

20120002991

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including a photoconductor, a latent image forming portion, an image processing portion, a developer, a transferred body, a sensor that detects an image density of a toner image by the amount of toner attached to a surface and has a sensor characteristic in which a sensor output substantially monotonously decreases according to an increase in the amount of toner, a nonlinear amplifier that has a nonlinear amplification characteristic having one or more inflection points, and enlarges and corrects a value read by the sensor in a range where the sensor output monotonously decreases with respect to the amount of toner by amplification, and an image quality control portion that controls a forming condition of an electrostatic latent image using a correction value of a variation amount of the value at a side where the amount of toner is large in the range.

01-05-2012

Yasuhiro Sakai, Saitama JP

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20080198457

DUST-PROOF, REFLECTING MIRROR AND OPTICAL APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - A dust-proof, reflecting mirror comprising a reflecting mirror substrate, a dust-proof coating having fine surface roughness, which is formed on a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror substrate, and an outermost water-repellent or water/oil-repellent coating.

08-21-2008

20110203519

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING OPTICAL FILM, AND OPTICAL ARTICLE - An apparatus for forming an optical film on an optical substrate is provided. The apparatus may include a rotatable jig for fixedly holding the optical substrate, an apparatus for rotating the jig, and a nozzle for dispensing a coating solution containing an optical-film-forming component onto the optical substrate. A rotation speed of the jig may be 8,000 rpm or more, and a deviation of rotation axis of the jig may be 50 μm or less.

08-25-2011

Yoshifumi Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120128898

BLACK COMPOSITE PARTICLE, BLACK RESIN COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed are black composite particles having a high light-shielding performance suitable as a black component such as a black matrix in a color filter. Further disclosed is a black resin composition from which a black matrix having a high light-shielding performance can be formed. The black composite particles are represented by the composition formula: TiNxOy.zX (wherein X is a metal atom such as silver; x is a number greater than 0 and less than 2; y is a number not less than 0 and less than 2; and z is a number greater than 0 and less than 10). The black resin composition comprises at least a light shielding agent, a resin, and a solvent and comprises the black composite particles as the light shielding agent.

05-24-2012

Yoshitake Sakai, Saitama JP

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20120185150

IDLE STOP CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is an idle stop control device capable of relieving reaction force (kickback) of a handle occurring at idle stop controlled by the control of the idle stop control device. Specifically, an EPSECU (

07-19-2012

Yuya Sakai, Saitama JP

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20100079876

LENS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF DISPOSING OPTICAL MEMBER IN CERAMIC LENS FRAME - A lens assembly has: optical members including lenses and spacing rings; and a ceramic lens frame into which the optical members are inserted. A solid lubricant is applied to at least one of a part of the inner peripheral surface of the ceramic lens frame, which part is to be in contact with at least the outer peripheral surfaces of the optical members, and the outer peripheral surfaces of the optical members. Subsequently, the lenses and spacing rings are alternately inserted into the ceramic lens frame and then pressed by a pressing ring.

04-01-2010

20100079879

LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS - A lens assembly includes a barrel having an object-side opening and an image-forming-side opening. The barrel further has a positioning section that positions an image-forming-side surface of a lens by having line contact around an optical axis at a center. The positioning section is disposed at a position that is closer to an object side than the image-forming-side opening of the barrel is. The barrel also has an image-forming section that extends from the positioning section to a center of the optical axis along the image-forming-side surface of the lens and forms an edge of the image-forming-side opening of the barrel.

04-01-2010

20100079880

METHOD OF PRODUCING MOLDED CERAMIC PRODUCT, MOLDED CERAMIC PRODUCT AND IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS - Ceramic is molded to produce a molded ceramic product, using a mold that has a portion for forming the trough of a first thread formed on the molded ceramic product. The trough of the first thread is higher than the crest of a second thread formed on a mating component to be engaged with the first thread. Subsequently, the molded ceramic is fired. The trough of the first thread formed on the molded ceramic product thus produced has a depth that allows the trough of the first thread to avoid interference with the crest of the second thread of the mating component.

04-01-2010

20100080552

LENS FRAME, LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS - A lens assembly made of porous ceramic is provided with concave sections into which an adhesive for fixing lenses inserted into a lens frame is injected. Each of the concave sections has an outward opening and a spacing wall provided between a hollow part of the lens frame and the opening. The adhesive injected into the concave sections passes through multiple pores in the lens frame made of porous ceramic, and reaches the periphery of each of the lenses, thereby fixing the lenses to an inner wall of the hollow part of the lens frame.